PC gaming Giant Take-Two has announced that it's making a big move into mobile gaming with the acquisition of Zynga for a total price of approximately $12.7 billion. Take-Two already owns Rockstar Games, Codemasters and 2K, producing games like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Bioshock and others. Zynga, meanwhile, produces well-known mobile titles like CSR Racing, FarmVille, and Words with Friends. Take-Two said that the deal will result in $6.1 billion worth of 12-month pro-forma net bookings, meaning it will become one of the largest gaming companies in the world. "This strategic combination brings together our best-in-class console and PC franchises, with a market-leading, diversified mobile publishing platform that has a rich history of innovation and creativity," said Take-Two Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick. The deal will also help Take-Two save about $100 million annually after two years. Zynga itself was on an acquisition streak of late, having acquired the studio behind Torchlight 3early last year. Zynga has sometimes relied on acquisitions to find the hottest games in the notoriously fickle mobile gaming market. Still, Take-Two said that the mobile industry booked $136 billion 2021 and is currently growing at over 8 percent, so the money is there to be had. Mobile will now account for half of its net bookings (net amount of products and services sold digitally or sold-in physically), the company said. Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2022-01-10 13:17:58 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK is to publish Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah as part of its Voices series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 09:03:54 UTC ]
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Walker Books UK and Walker Books US will simultaneously publish Meera Trehan's debut middle-grade novel The View from the Very Best House in Town. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 21:36:57 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's Books has acquired fantasy author Lev Grossman's first children's book,The Silver Arrow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 07:26:16 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two works from behavioural economist Dr Sheheryar Banuri about making decisions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 01:52:13 UTC ]
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Princeton University Press will publish a new full-length biography of Cicero by Oxford academic Dr Alison Rosenblitt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 14:22:07 UTC ]
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Audible will publish novel The Game's Gone by Simon Barnes, former chief sports writer of the Times, exclusively on audio. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 14:14:31 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired actor and comedy writer Michael Spicer's debut book, The Secret Political Adviser. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-19 16:20:27 UTC ]
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Mirror Books will publish The Weight of Small Things by debut author Julie Lancaster. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-16 14:24:03 UTC ]
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Literary criticism (or even ‘literary theory’) goes back as far as ancient Greece, and Aristotle’s Poetics. But the rise of English Literature as a university subject, at the beginning of the twentieth century, led to literary criticism focusing on English literature – everything from... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2020-04-15 14:00:07 UTC ]
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Set in 1930s depression-era New York City, 'Giant' by Mikaël, follows the story of a massive, laconic Irish immigrant with a deep secret as he works high above Manhattan on the construction site of the new Rockefeller Center. A ten page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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William Heinemann will publish Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 09:09:19 UTC ]
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Faber has acquired nature writer and novelist Melissa Harrison's latest book, The Stubborn Light of Things. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 06:16:34 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Sigma has acquired Anna Ploszajski’s debut book Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 01:54:20 UTC ]
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Group Nine Media, whose digital media properties include PopSugar, The Dodo and NowThis, laid off dozens of employees, or 7% of its more than 700-person staff, across the company. It's the latest publisher to take drastic action as COVID-19 has drastically altered the media landscape. As the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-04-07 20:39:10 UTC ]
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HQ, and imprint of HarperCollins, will publish the first adult non-fiction book by space journalist and TV presenter Sarah Cruddas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-07 19:08:41 UTC ]
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Though Harry Potter might be one of the most easily recognizable books about magic schools, there are many books that go beyond Hogwarts. Find them here. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-04-02 10:36:55 UTC ]
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Ant & Dec, aka Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, are publishing a book with Sphere this September—Once Upon a Tyne: Celebrating 30 Years Together on Telly–following a 12-way auction in January. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 12:30:50 UTC ]
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You've read Nic Stone's YA novel Dear Martin and are looking to read more like it? These are a few great books like Dear Martin out there in the world. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-31 10:41:39 UTC ]
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Audible is to publish audio exclusive title, Animal Societies: How Co-Operation Conquered the Natural World, by Professor Ashley Ward. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-27 12:27:09 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a new Claude title from author and illustrator Alex T Smith, in which Claude and Sir Bobblysock find themselves offering to babysit princes and princesses on the Queen’s birthday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 06:30:12 UTC ]
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